All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
TACITUSFear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
More Tacitus Quotes
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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